different between pedigree vs pedigreed
pedigree
English
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman pé de grue, a variant of Old French pié de gru (“foot of a crane”), from Latin pes (“foot”) + grus (“crane”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?p?d.?.??i/
Noun
pedigree (countable and uncountable, plural pedigrees)
- A chart, list, or record of ancestors, to show breeding, especially distinguished breeding. [from 15th c.]
- A person's ancestral history; ancestry, lineage. [from 15th c.]
- (uncountable) Good breeding or ancestry. [from 15th c.]
- The history or provenance of an idea, custom etc. [from 16th c.]
- 2012, Faramerz Dabhoiwala, The Origins of Sex, Penguin 2013, p. 33:
- This connection between sexual and spiritual impurity had an immense pedigree.
- 2012, Faramerz Dabhoiwala, The Origins of Sex, Penguin 2013, p. 33:
- The ancestry of a domesticated animal, especially a dog or horse. [from 17th c.]
Related terms
Translations
Adjective
pedigree (comparative more pedigree, superlative most pedigree)
- Having a pedigree.
- Purebred.
Verb
pedigree (third-person singular simple present pedigrees, present participle pedigreeing, simple past and past participle pedigreed)
- (transitive) To determine the pedigree of (an animal).
See also
- genealogy
Further reading
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “pedigree”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
French
Noun
pedigree m (plural pedigrees)
- Alternative spelling of pédigrée (“pedigree”)
Portuguese
Noun
pedigree m (plural pedigrees)
- pedigree (chart of ancestors, showing the breed of an animal)
Adjective
pedigree (plural pedigree, comparable)
- purebred; pedigree
Spanish
Noun
pedigree m (plural pedigrees)
- pedigree
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pedigreed
English
Etymology
pedigree +? -ed
Adjective
pedigreed (not comparable)
- (chiefly of an animal) Having a pedigree; purebred
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